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GIS, Mapping, and Navigation

CIESEN Columbia University
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.

EROS Resource Center (Earth Resources Observation Systems)
Providing a variety of USGS digital cartographic data products collectively referred to as US GeoData, as well as the world’s largest collection of civilian remotely sensed data covering the Earth’s land masses and millions of satellite images and aerial photographs.

US Geological Survey
Focusing on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape and our natural resources.

US Naval Observatory
The Observatory computes the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies for navigation, military operations planning, scientific research, surveying, accident reconstruction, architecture, and other purposes.

Travel News & Advisories

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad and providing credible information to enhance health decisions.

US Department of State
The lead U.S. foreign affairs agency formulating, representing, and implementing the president’s foreign policy. Travel Warnings, Country Background Notes, and other information.

World News Connection
An online foreign news service from the US government that offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news and information. Particularly effective in its coverage of local media sources.

Weather and Climate

National Climatic Data Center
The world’s largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.

National Hurricane Center
The Tropical Prediction Center is a component of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction located at Florida International University in Miami.

NOAA Interactive Weather Information Network
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was created to develop, encourage, and maintain a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national program in marine science.

American Museum of Natural History
One of the world’s preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts.

The Alfred Wegener Institute
Conducting research in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and at temperate latitudes and providing both the necessary equipment and the essential logistic back-up for polar expeditions.

Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The nation’s largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, Sun, Solar System, and Universe.

National Academy of Sciences
The National Academies bring together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.

New York Academy of Sciences
An independent nonprofit organization with nearly 25,000 members in more than 160 countries, promoting science and technology and their essential roles in fostering social and economic development.

Smithsonian Institution
America’s national educational facility with 16 museums, 9 research centers and 96 affiliates around the world.

Swedish Museum of Natural History
Promoting knowledge and research about the make-up and development of the universe and the earth, the plant and animal life of the earth together with human biology and the natural environment.

Conservation and Natural Resources Management

Audubon Society
Dedicated to protecting birds and other wildlife and the habitat that supports them.

The Center for Conservation Biology
An international professional organization at Rice University, promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity.

Earthwatch International
Promoting the sustainable conservation of our natural resources and cultural heritage by creating partnerships among scientists, the general public,educators, and businesses.

National Wildlife Foundation
The nation’s largest member-supported conservation group, uniting individuals, organizations, businesses, and government to protect wildlife, wild places, and the environment.

The Nature Conservancy
Preserving the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

SeaWeb
A project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it.

Sierra Club
America’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.

US Department of the Interior
Charged with the mission “to protect and provide access to our Nation’s natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and our commitments to island communities.”

US Fish and Wildlife Service
Working with other to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Stopping the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and building a future in which humans live in harmony with nature by conserving the world’s biological diversity.

Scientific Exploration Societies

ANZES
A non-profit organization which launches scientific expeditions into wilderness areas of Australia.

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